First names, and middle names

[Guest guest]

I thought we had to pick 'international' names for our babies, given that they

are half Norwegian and live in the UK, and who knows where they might travel.

Also DH and I met in Italy, so we wanted an Italian touch.

Plus I was keen that they had names that would be pronounced the same in both

languages, so they wouldn't feel they had 2 identities.

So their first names (Emilia and Sebastian) are just names we liked.

Their middle names are Norwegian (to balance their very English surname of

Wood), so Emilia has Pernille (pronounced 'Pernilla'), which is a really old

Norwegian name, and Sebastian has s, which is the middle name of both my

grandfathers too.

It's a bit of a mouthful really (Emilia Pernille Rudland Wood and Sebastian

s Rudland Wood) but a victory for compromise and international

relations... also since they daily go under the names of Emilia Wood and

Sebastian Wood when they become sulken teenagers they can always reinvent

themselves as Pernille and s Rudland... which sounds rather more exotic!

Karina

Mum to Emilia (Oct 98) and Sebastian (Aug 00)